Hip-pocket for men&#39;s trousers.



J. C. FERRY.

HIP POCKET FOB. MENS TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1912.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patented Aug. 1914.

Application filed May 24, 1912. Serial No. 699,606. i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CHRISTOPHER l near, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hip- Pockets for Mens Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a hip-pocket for mens and youths trousers, breeches, knickers and such like garments, which shall be handier to the reach, neater in appearance, and safer in any position of the wearer, or from pickpockets, than the ordinary hip-pocket now in use, and which will be practically a secret pocket, there being no outwardevidence of its existence.

The novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings;

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a section of the side of a pair of trousers showing the position of the pocket A which is the subject of the invention, and its position in re lation to the remainder of the garment. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view, showing the bearer or flap pulled out and back, to allow the hand free access to the hip-pocket. Fig.

3 is a horizontal section showing the mouth of hip-pocket again closed, by flap being returned to original. position. Fig. 4. illustrates a modification of my invention, in which inverted curved edges are used, and showing the flap reduced.

According to this inventionthere is no entrance to the hip pocket except through the vertical side opening at the side seam oi the trousers which ati'ords access to the ordinary side pocket. When the trousers are on the wearer the side pocket extends around his body forwardly from the entrance at the side seam, whereas the hip pocket extends around the body to the rear of said entrance. The mouth of the hip pocket is within the mouth of the side pocket so that in using the hip pocket the wearer must thrust his hand forward into the mouth of the side pocket and then turn it back into the concealed entrance to the hip pocket.

In the drawings U represents the side seam of a pair of trousers made up of the front section X and the rear section It. The usual side pocket opening D is formed at the side scam, the material of the front section .X along this opening being cut on a decided curve as shown lliFlgs. 1, 2 and 4; so

that the material will project rearwardly over the mouth of the pocket. The outer wall of the side pocket B is seamed to the inner face of the material on the curved edge along the opening D. The outer wall of the hip pocket A 1S seamed to the inner edge of the rear section material It on aline with the side seam O. The material of the section It along the side pocket opening is cut on a decided curve forming a flap G which projects forwardly of the side seam. This flap is loose and free forwardly of the vertical line of stitches above mentioned securing the outer wall of the hip pocket to the material. This flap may lie within the side pocket, as shown in Fig. 1, or be pulled out to the position shown in F ig. 2. The rear wall of the side pocket is seamed at its rear edge to the front edge of the rear wall of the hip pocket, thus forming an opening E for affording an entrance to the hip pocket.

It will be observed that the walls of the side pocket B lie against and parallel to the front section X extending forward from the side seam and that the walls of the hip pocket B lie along and parallel to the section R extending to the rear. The flap C in normal. position is shown in full lines in Fig. 3 lying over the opening E for the .hip pocket so that a hand inserted through opening D would be guided forward into the side pocket B and would feel no noticeable indication of the pocket A. The flap C, however, can be pulled out by the wearer to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the hand can then be passed through the opening D and back through the opening E into the hip pocket A.

It will be observed that the hip pocket is concealed easily get access to it. The construction, furthermore, is such as to prevent accidental loss of things from the pocket when the wearer is in any position.

In Fig. 4. I have shown a construction in which instead of making use of the loose flap G covering theopening E of the hip pocket I cut the edge II of the material. R on a curve projecting forward within the pocket opening I) and. scam the outer wall of the hip pocket to that edge. The opening E is then protected by this inwardly and that pickpockets cannot:

combination with a garment having a substantially vertical pocket opening of two pockets leading downward therefrom in 10 different directions, and a loose flap secured along the edge of said opening and adapted to extend into one pocket across the entrance to the other pocket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CHRISTOPHER FERRY.

Witnesses:

J OHN P. BRAY, H. C. CAMPBELL.

Coplen of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. 0," 

